Shade-cord fastener



Dec. 21 1926.

A. AJFRANKL SHADE CORD'FASTENER Original Filed March 30, 1925 INVENTOR WQ'M A TI'OR/VEY U E l YT S i l ALFRED A. FRANKL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE "WEISS 6i: KLA'U 00., 0F

NEW YORK, N. Y.

SHADE-CORD FASTENEH.

Application fiIed March 30, 1.325, Serial No. 19,260.

The invention relates to roller curtains or shades, and the object is to provide an 11nproved fastening for the cord which obv1- ates tying or looping the cord about the bottom or" the stick. It is desirable and customary to provide a washer against which the end of the cord eyelet is upset, and the invention, further, makes it possible to combine in one simple part the functions of a washer and a cord anchorage held beneath the upset end of the eyelet.

in the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof:

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary elevation of the central part of the lower portion of a roller shade, looking at the outer side; I

Fig. 2 is a similar view looking at the side toward the room;

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1, before the bendable limb or" this form of the invention has been turned across the eye to serve as an anchorage for the cord, which is omitted in this view;

Fi i is an enlarged vertical cross-section on the line l& of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 5 is an enlarged perspective section showing the parts assembled in readiness for the end of the eyelet to be turned over on the washer loop of the wire, one end of which provides the cord anchorage limb.

The fabric of the roller shade, marked 1, is turned over at its lower end in the usual manner to form a pocket 2 for a stick 3. A hole is made centrally through the pocket Renewed Hoveniher Z1, 1 26.

and the stick, and through this hole is inserted the shank of a tubular rivet or eyelet 1. "Elvse eyelets come formed with a head at one end, and the other end is turned over or upset as at 6 to clinch the eyelet in place, protecting the edges of the holes in the fabric.

in the form ot the invention illustrated in Figs. 1 t0 5, a short piece of wire curled or looped, and the circular loop 7 is placed about the end of the shank oi the eyelet before it is upset (Fig. 5). The loop of the wire may thus serve as a washer when the end of the eyelet is upset, and as a firmly secured base for a projecting end or limb 8 of the wire. [his limb serves as an anchorage for the cord 9, which is simply passed through the eyelet and engaged with the bendable limb, which is bent to project across the eye of the eyelet. The upset end 6 of the washer and the device 7, 8 are placed at the outer or street side of the shade, and the appearance of the cord simply disappearing into the eyelet is very neat.

W hat is claimed as new is:

A roller curtain having a pocket inits lower edge containing stick, an eyelet inserted tl'irougl'i the pocket and stick and having its ent upset, and a wire curled around beneath the upset end of the eyelet. a portion of the wire projecting therefrom LO serv as an anchorage for a cord.

ALFRED A. FRANKL. 

